{"id":11390,"date":"2026-09-21T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:18:58","slug":"episode-472-pluribus-season-1-discussion-with-phil-rood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/episode-472-pluribus-season-1-discussion-with-phil-rood\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 472: Pluribus Season 1 Discussion with Phil Rood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artist and Podcaster Phil Rood returns for his 3rd episode as we talk about Vince Gilligan&#8217;s latest TV series, Pluribus. The show that we had no idea what it really was about until we watched the show. Spoilers abound, so if you haven&#8217;t watched the series, you may want to skip this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-libsyn wp-block-embed-libsyn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/oembed.libsyn.com\/embed?item_id=42964858\">Episode 472: Pluribus Season 1 Discussion with Phil Rood<\/a><\/h4><p>Artist and Podcaster Phil Rood returns for his 3rd episode as we talk about Vince Gilligan&#8217;s latest TV series, Pluribus. The show that we had no idea what it really was about until we watched the show. Spoilers abound, so if you haven&#8217;t watched the series, you may want to skip this episode.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Phil and I enjoy Gilligan&#8217;s previous shows, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. We also championed the wonderful Rhea Seehorn from Better Call Saul and were psyched to see her cast in this latest series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phil and I talk about the whole series, from the story, to the respective main and supporting characters (and cast). Phil gets deep with the show and hits some discussion topics that I didn&#8217;t even think about. It&#8217;ll make you think and go &#8220;hmmmmm&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also discuss what we&#8217;d like to see (or not see) in the second season, which most likely won&#8217;t release until late 2027 or 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen and let us know your thoughts on the series!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can listen to Phil&#8217;s previous episodes here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-libsyn wp-block-embed-libsyn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com\/episode-325-better-call-saul-breaking-bad-with-phil-rood\">Episode 325: Better Call Saul &amp; Breaking Bad with Phil Rood<\/a><\/h4><p>With Better Call Saul having wrapped its final season and found its way to Netflix, I knew I needed to have Phil Rood back in the guest chair again to discuss the series. There are spoilers for Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, and El Camino.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-libsyn wp-block-embed-libsyn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.libsyn.com\/episode-214-phil-rood-talks-breaking-bad-better-call-saul-game-of-thrones-and-usagi-yojimbo\">Episode 214: Phil Rood talks Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones and Usagi Yojimbo<\/a><\/h4><p>Artist and Podcast Host Phil Rood joins me to talk a number of different fandoms! We start things off with the hit TV series Breaking Bad along with it&#8217;s prequel\/sequel, Better Call Saul. From there, we jump over to Game of Thrones and discuss the series along with the books.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find Phil at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/philrood75\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/philrood75\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-phil-rood-that-illustrator-guy wp-block-embed-phil-rood-that-illustrator-guy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/philroodart.com\/\">Phil Rood: That Illustrator Guy<\/a><\/h4><p>Phil Rood is a talented comic illustrator offering a stunning illustration gallery, comics, and art for sale. 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Digital comics on WEBTOON, A woman, her bike, and a very fast bird make their way across a desert wasteland, scavenging what they can to keep going and fighting back against the murderous pilots attacking them from above. Action, available online for free.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find The Picture Show with Austin and Phil Rood at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/phillip-rood\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/phillip-rood<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist and Podcaster Phil Rood returns for his 3rd episode as we talk about Vince Gilligan&#8217;s latest TV series, Pluribus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zDtl-2XI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talesfromthefandom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/plurbius-length-e1789917495876.jpg?fit=739%2C361&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11392,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions\/11392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}